Why the Portuguese Restoration of 1640 Matters to the History of American Slavery
Where did American slavery come from? Sweeping questions like that rarely yield clear answers, least…
Browsing: Caribbean
Indigenous Erasure in Caribbean Histories of Colonization
Various municipal, state, and federal entities in North and South America have sporadically adopted (and…
Anarchism and the Long Red Scare in the Caribbean, 1897—1925
As workers in Cuba rioted, the government called out the military to suppress them. But…
Rereading Blank Spaces in the Colonial Caribbean
Maps such as the one above—a depiction of the French Caribbean colony of Martinique,…
What’s in the May Issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The May 2018…
No End in Sight Puerto Rico’s Many Crises after Hurricane María
Edwin Jusino, a fellow historian and friend, called me from Puerto Rico two days after…
Puerto Rico’s Many Crises: A Neocolonial Tale
The U.S. non-incorporated territory known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado or…
Sidney Mintz’s Long, Sweet Legacy
April Merleaux is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Florida International University.…
Between Memory and History: U.S.-Cuba Rapprochement in a Time of Remembrance
[From the May issue of The American Historian] Louis A. Pérez Jr. is the J. Carlyle…